# life living (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover life living. Page: Feed: --- ## [(9) Let’s hit the road, ghosts!](https://mallorymarlowe.substack.com/p/9-lets-hit-the-road-ghosts) _2026-08-18 · Mallory Marlowe · You've Got MarloweMail!_ Events for Entities to Lovers incoming! ## [Really good Oswald the Lucky Rabbit news!](https://orionstarlight.bearblog.dev/really-good-oswald-the-lucky-rabbit-news/) _2026-08-15 · orionstarlight · orionstarlight_ I was just about to make a post about how I’ve been wanting Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to be added into the Kingdom Hearts series + me thinking about when and/or if the supposed Oswald cartoon will actually come out, and I’ve just found out his show finally has a release date. Oswald’s one of my favorite characters ig so you can imagine how happy and excited I am about this news!!! It may not be… ## [4 Elements Air thoughts Part 2](https://orionstarlight.bearblog.dev/4-elements-air-thoughts-part-2/) _2026-07-04 · orionstarlight · orionstarlight_ The 4 Elements Air finale was fine but I do think it could’ve benefited with an additional episode. I might do a more detailed review later but atm I’m alright with just jotting down this small reaction. Overall, this season was good (Lom is my favorite out of the cousins) and I’m looking forward to watching the next! ## [4 Elements Air thoughts Part 1](https://orionstarlight.bearblog.dev/4-elements-air-thoughts-part-1/) _2026-06-29 · orionstarlight · orionstarlight_ I’m currently watching 4 Elements Air and reading the book it’s based on. So far I’m enjoying the show (the book is also a fun read) and I think the team’s doing a pretty good job with their adaptation of this season. With that said, I’m curious about how they’ll handle the finale since the last half of the story in the book is long/similar in length to the first half of the book which the show… ## [(8) Entities to Lovers is 25% off 6/23-6/26!](https://mallorymarlowe.substack.com/p/entities-to-lovers-is-25-off-623) _2026-06-23 · Mallory Marlowe · You've Got MarloweMail!_ And some thoughts on preorders and publishing ## [(7) Hot Miis in Your Area Looking for Love!](https://mallorymarlowe.substack.com/p/7-hot-miis-in-your-area-looking-for) _2026-06-17 · Mallory Marlowe · You've Got MarloweMail!_ Pt. 2 of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream MMCU edition ## [A Bird Hit My Window and Now I’m a Lesbian animated short](https://orionstarlight.bearblog.dev/a-bird-hit-my-window-and-now-im-a-lesbian-by-aj-carmela/) _2026-06-11 · orionstarlight · orionstarlight_ Beautifully animated short . Love this one! ## [(6) Playing Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Counts as Writing](https://mallorymarlowe.substack.com/p/6-playing-tomodachi-life-living-the) _2026-06-08 · Mallory Marlowe · You've Got MarloweMail!_ It's been a while since I went FULLY unhinged. ## [(5) If you have been perceived, you may be entitled to financial compensation!](https://mallorymarlowe.substack.com/p/5-if-you-have-been-perceived-you) _2026-06-02 · Mallory Marlowe · You've Got MarloweMail!_ reviews, baby! ## [Entities to Lovers is READ NOW on NetGalley!](https://mallorymarlowe.substack.com/p/entities-to-lovers-is-read-now-on) _2026-05-27 · Mallory Marlowe · You've Got MarloweMail!_ Have you been wondering how you can get your hands on an early copy of Entities to Lovers? ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/gzaAuI9gix93) _2026-05-27 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Tomodachi Life Living the Dream: Log 2](https://orionstarlight.bearblog.dev/tomodachi-life-living-the-dream-log-2/) _2026-05-18 · orionstarlight · orionstarlight_ So far I’m loving Living the Dream ! My Switch ran into another problem I ended up running into another problem with my Switch and this time it was the touch screen. A section of the touch screen kept popping out of the console and this meant the adhesive used to connect the touch screen to the Switch itself was no longer working. When I had replaced the LCD screen awhile ago, I didn’t replace the… ## [making a toy called "badger"](https://wishriver.bearblog.dev/making-a-toy-called-badger/) _2026-05-17 · wishriver · wishriver_ My pet project for a month has been a web toy based on the idea that people love collecting badges. I thought that if I created a small website where people could make, share, and collect badges, it had the potential to be a fun, addicting game that could earn me a little bit of supplemental income. A screenshot from itsbadger.online The core concept: Make badges, collect badges, core base game is… ## [Afterworld is getting a second chance!!](https://orionstarlight.bearblog.dev/afterworld-is-getting-a-second-chance/) _2026-05-14 · orionstarlight · orionstarlight_ Wonderful news!!! 🎉 I’m glad this movie has another chance after getting cancelled by Sony a few months ago. Matt Braly and from what I heard Rebecca Sugar are working on this project and as someone who loves their previous works (ex. Amphibia and Steven Universe ), I’m excited to see this film. ## [Tomodachi Life Living the Dream: Log 1](https://orionstarlight.bearblog.dev/tomodachi-life-living-the-dream-log-1/) _2026-05-05 · orionstarlight · orionstarlight_ My Switch had some issues but now it’s fixed! I've been eagerly anticipating Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream since the game's announcement and knowing I'd play it, I had immediately pre-ordered it once the pre-order window opened. However, once the game had become available that's when my Switch decided to run into problems. I did give some updates about this over on my Notes tab/tag 1 and… ## [I fixed my Switch!](https://orionstarlight.bearblog.dev/i-fixed-my-switch/) _2026-05-02 · orionstarlight · orionstarlight_ I was successful at fixing my Switch and it took me 3 hours! I felt so much joy and relief when the screen started running normally again. Now I can finally play Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream !!! Also, the tutorial I ended up following was by Dack’s Electronic Repair . I didn’t take many photos during the process because I wanted to concentrate on what I was doing (and not break anything or… ## [(4) Updates? In My Inbox? It's more likely than you'd think!](https://mallorymarlowe.substack.com/p/4-updates-in-my-inbox-its-more-likely) _2026-04-30 · Mallory Marlowe · You've Got MarloweMail!_ Hello!! ## [Gonna attempt to fix my Switch](https://orionstarlight.bearblog.dev/gonna-attempt-to-fix-my-switch/) _2026-04-29 · orionstarlight · orionstarlight_ Update on my Switch: the screen is still malfunctioning and after doing some more research, specifically it’s the LCD screen that’s not working properly. There are multiple colorful horizontal lines that appear on the screen now at all times. So the touch screen (I learned it’s called a touch screen digitizer), which is sitting on top of the LCD screen, is fine, thank goodness. As someone who… ## [RIP to my Switch](https://orionstarlight.bearblog.dev/rip-to-my-switch/) _2026-04-28 · orionstarlight · orionstarlight_ My Switch’s screen is damaged. A few months ago my 3DS’s SD card got corrupted and had to be replaced and now my Switch is having problems 😭 ## [review: tomodachi life - living the dream](https://wishriver.bearblog.dev/review-tomodachi-life-living-the-dream/) _2026-04-18 · wishriver · wishriver_ I have been anxiously awaiting the release of "Tomodachi Life - Living the Dream" on Nintendo Switch. It came out yesterday, and I have been lucky enough to spend the past 48 hours playing the game, making Miis, and discovering what is possible. There are already immediate reactions: IGN released this review highlighting that the game is delightful, but lacks social media sharing capabilities. The… ## [curation as the business model](https://wishriver.bearblog.dev/curation-as-the-business-model/) _2026-04-01 · wishriver · wishriver_ Three years ago I wrote this article about curation as a business model. The idea is that we are saturated with content - videos, websites, Reels, TikToks. We live in a time where virtually any product is available to us, and ironically it makes it so much difficult for us to make a purchase. Decision fatigue and decision paralysis is a very real problem - think about the appeal of omakase at a… ## [Your 24/7 AI Media Buyer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/L2fCewIRfV2b) _2026-04-01 · **Sponsored**_ Finds placement, geo, and funnel leaks and proposes fixes you approve ## [the road to new orleans](https://wishriver.bearblog.dev/the-road-to-new-orleans/) _2026-03-31 · wishriver · wishriver_ A couple years ago, my friend L and I took a road trip down to New Orleans. We stopped in towns along the way and played album after album across long stretches of the open road. After returning from the trip, I exported my Spotify listening history to capture all of the music I listened to from the moment we left Detroit, tracking our progress to the bayou and back. Each song had a timestamp,… ## [making satisfying game loops](https://wishriver.bearblog.dev/making-satisfying-game-loops/) _2026-03-23 · wishriver · wishriver_ After watching a YouTube video about what makes Roblox games addictive ( link ), I decided to try to make a game that hit all of the design requirements for maximum user retention. Here were my goal posts: Progression - the game should feel like the player is advancing along a clear growth trajectory. Status - players should be able to show off accomplishments. Mastery - over time, players should… ## [games with a distinct "voice"](https://wishriver.bearblog.dev/games-with-a-distinct-voice/) _2026-03-18 · wishriver · wishriver_ Roblox was once described to me as the "YouTube of Video Games". It is less of a game and more of an ecosystem where creative game developers can put their niche, weird, often poorly-produced experiences on the internet for world enjoyment. Some of the most popular Roblox games today involve just standing in train terminals, waiting for something to happen. If we examine the history of YouTube,… ## [a tamagotchi, a lil guy, or a third thing](https://wishriver.bearblog.dev/a-tamagotchi-a-lil-guy-or-a-third-thing/) _2026-03-16 · wishriver · wishriver_ The rise of AI and LLMs has created fertile soil for smart Tamagotchis to emerge. I've seen both celebration and derision on the internet. Personally, I like the idea of giving my computer programs the ability to talk. Similar to how we talk to droids in Star Wars, I think it would be delightful to have a chirping robotic companion that can understand the world in a way that is comparable to mine.… ## [on claude](https://wishriver.bearblog.dev/on-claude/) _2026-03-15 · wishriver · wishriver_ There was a time I believed in magic - I could whisper a spell and then something physical would manifest itself. The inner workings of the magic are a mystery (it's what makes it magic) and that's what Claude feels like to me when I use it. Artificial Intelligence and LLMs are such a hot, divisive issue. I don't want to waste water. I don't want people to get taken advantage of. I believe that… ## [my big bet on roblox](https://wishriver.bearblog.dev/my-big-bet-on-roblox/) _2026-03-04 · wishriver · wishriver_ When I worked as an online community specialist, I managed to see roughly 200 servers a day. Many of these servers were Roblox servers filled with tens and thousands of users. My co-workers and colleagues mostly disregarded the Roblox communities as slop. The ecosystem had a unique set of rules and the user base was mostly children, creating huge barriers of understanding between the people using… ## [Do you want the Ghost Tour?](https://mallorymarlowe.substack.com/p/do-you-want-the-ghost-tour) _2026-02-12 · Mallory Marlowe · You've Got MarloweMail!_ The Entities to Lovers Cover Reveal!! ## [being a citizen of the internet](https://wishriver.bearblog.dev/being-a-citizen-of-the-internet/) _2026-01-15 · wishriver · wishriver_ Being a "citizen" is belonging to an organized community. Every day, we participate in a non-physical space that has its own forms of governance, social climbing, and culture. Many of us are citizens of the internet - whether we realize it or not. While working at Discord, I met social workers from Germany whose job it was to mediate conflict on the internet. It inspired me to conceptualize… ## [(3) Here are all the things you CAN and CAN'T do as an author!](https://mallorymarlowe.substack.com/p/3-here-are-all-the-things-you-can) _2025-12-03 · Mallory Marlowe · You've Got MarloweMail!_ My think piece on authorial intent and the choices we make as writers ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Z5TH18MEd5V6) _2025-12-03 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [(2) Querying 101](https://mallorymarlowe.substack.com/p/2-querying-101) _2025-11-05 · Mallory Marlowe · You've Got MarloweMail!_ don't worry, it's not that scary!